Ready-to-wear

The latest news

Philipp Plein has announced plans to donate 220,000 euros to the Gianna Floyd Foundation, in an attempt to end a copyright infringement suit with Ferrari, stemming from a copyright case from August 2019.

The high-end German ready-to-wear giant is currently in talks with the Swiss-born executive, who recently left his post as the head of Tommy Hilfiger and PVH Europe. At Hugo Boss, he would succeed Mark Langer as CEO.

Criticism is brewing in the UK media over big foreign firms, including Chanel, accessing state-backed UK loans. But the company said it would be repaid within a year and also that it hasn't used the furlough scheme.

Wolford has shared plenty of bad news in recent years but this week the brand shared some good news too. The company said that it's now debt-free and has the cash to get it through the coronavirus crisis.

Canada Goose Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it would limit shipments to department stores and focus on its own outlets and website to shore up profit margins, as it looks to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kering, one of the largest luxury groups on the planet, has made financial commitment to fight racism, with contributions to the NAACP and to Campaign Zero – following eight days of protests in multiple American cities.

Alibaba's 6.18 Mid-Year Shopping Festival (running on Tmall and Taobao) has seen a luxury surge. Almost double the number of luxury brands are participating compared to the last big event, 2019’s Singles Day in November

YNAP has announced the launch of a new programme to boost development of AI-based technologies designed to transform the e-tail experience. That will include features such as visual search and virtual try-on.

Celebrity favourite Hunter Boots has clinched a rescue following a sales plunge due to the coronavirus crisis. A further £16.5m is being pumped into the firm to keep it going and growing through the crisis and beyond.

Paris's famed Galeries Lafayette department store, which receives some 37 million visitors every year, will reopen this weekend after being shuttered for nearly three months by the coronavirus pandemic, it said Friday.

Prada has seen a double-digit increase in comparable sales in China this month, although there's still some way to go before the company can say its China business is back to full health following the lockdown.